Fort Wayne Roller Derby

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Fort Wayne Roller Derby
Fort Wayne, IN
CountryUnited States
Founded2005
TeamsBomb Squad (A team)
SWAT Team (B team)
The Academy (rookie team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueParkview Fieldhouse and Parkview Icehouse
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitewww.fwderbygirls.com

Fort Wayne Roller Derby (FWRD) is an open gender flat track roller derby league based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 2005 originally as Fort Wayne Derby Girls, the league currently consists of a women’s team and an open gender team that compete against teams from all over the United States and Canada. Fort Wayne Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

FWDG was the first flat track roller derby league in

Rat City Rollergirls in Seattle.[2]

The league played its first exhibition bout in May 2006, to a crowd of 1,200 fans.

Gem City Rollergirls,[4] and, in the same month, it joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association,[2] (and was announced as a new member by the WFTDA in May 2007)[5] and by the end of the year was ranked 29th in the WFTDA.[6]

In 2009, it formed a B team, scrapping its intraleague teams.[7] In 2013, Fort Wayne hosted a WFTDA Division 1 Playoff at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum.[8]

FWDG hosts the annual Spring Roll tournament, featuring women's, men's and junior roller derby games.[9]

WFTDA competition

While Fort Wayne has hosted a WFTDA Playoff tournament they have yet to qualify to compete at one.

Rankings

Season Final ranking[10] Playoffs Championship
2007 29 WFTDA[6] DNQ DNQ
2008 6 NC[11] DNQ DNQ
2009 14 NC[12] DNQ DNQ
2010 15 NC[13] DNQ DNQ
2011 14 NC[14] DNQ DNQ
2012 16 NC[15] DNQ DNQ
2013 105 WFTDA[16] DNQ DNQ
2014 85 WFTDA[17] DNQ DNQ
2015 76 WFTDA[18] DNQ DNQ
2016 105 WFTDA[19] DNQ DNQ

In the community

The league also focuses on charitable fundraising,[3] and had donated more than $26,000 to charities by June 2008,[20] and $110,000 by September 2013.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Fort Wayne Derby Girls – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^
    Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
    . Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  3. ^
    Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original
    on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Fort Wayne Derby Girls - Entertainment - Pro Sports". www.fortwaynenightout.com. Fort Wayne Night Out. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  5. ^ "WFTDA Newsletter - May 2007". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Current WFTDA Rankings", Derby News Network, October 2007
  7. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original
    on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^
    Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original
    on 20 September 2013.
  9. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original
    on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. ^ "Rankings – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  15. ^ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2014". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2015". WFTDA. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  20. Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original
    on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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